Omaha daily bee., 1887-03-27
WORKED UP TO FEVER HEAT,
The Testimony in the Haddock Trial Re-
wives Excitement at Sioux City.
NEW EVIDENCE BROUGHT OUT.
A Juror Cross s-Qucstions a Witness
For the State i'm a livery Insin.
uating Way-Bad For
Arensdorf.
The Haddock Murder Trial.

The Haddock Murder Trial.
Sioux CITY, Ia, March 26.--The fourth
day of the lladdock murder trial opened with
the appearance of NJ. u. O'Connell, of Fort
Dodge, who was appointed some time ago to
assist as state counsel This makes the COM
plement OF lawyers on both sides complete.
Interest in the trial Is intense as the testi-
mony proceeds. Important witnesses for
the prosecution are being held in reserve,
those examined this morning con-
sisting of residents in the immediate
vicinity OF the scene Of the tragedy
on the night of August 8. The most i'm
portant of this number was an old man
named Van lngham, who now states with
considerable earnestness that the form and
carriage of one of the men passed his window
on the run after the shots were fired and pro-
ceeding from the scene of the murder. 1t
was John Arensdorf. This bit of direct testi-
mony created futter of excitement among
the packed aedience, but the testimony was
not unexpected by the defendant The cross
examination of this witness was unusually
vigorous and contradictory line of evidence
was produced and clearly admitted between
former statements at the coroner's inquest
and the testimony before the grand jury
Van Ingrham is about sixty years of age
At the time of the murder he lived on the
west side of the bridge. directly across the
east side of which the shooting occurred.
Opposite his residence is frame brewery
building, but between it and the creek is
space of about eight feet 'front.' This space
is used as driveway along the side of the
building and little back from the
centre Of the brewery is an entrance
nf xuiA uh
is used for receiving and discharging beer
barrels. Across the bridge from the east side
ran Arensdorf and Peters and the beer
wagon driver, who is still missing. Coming
west towards the brewery and when about at
the west approach of the bridge, the electric
light dangling from the corner of the block
threw its rejecting rays fully in the face of
those two men as they passed within seven
teen feet of the window out Of which Van
Ingham was looking, turned up this drive
way leading to the double doorway, Arensdorf
in the lead and turning his head from side to
side over his shoulders as he ran. His COM
panion Peters. the larger OF the two, came
they passed into the side doorway This is
Of the evidence introduced SO far to-day cor, or
tSSor'es %S @sn Ss eons wsnssS Scross the bridge ns
but the testimony Of Mrs. Eberhart, wife of
the proprietor Of the Columbia house, in
front of whose place the minister was killed,
does not agree with the story Of Van Ingham
them, but thinks from the sound there must
have been three men cross the bridge and
that they were welking instead of running.
counsel and the court and asked Van Ing
ham where the men were when he saw
them:
IyA~< Nhn has svSVNnv hnn In nonIsy
tisan in hiI actions and words, and with
much feeling aud emphasis asked questions
and added constructions to the witness tes-
timony that fairly raised the excitement IN
thu, the witness on the question
Of identification SO far as related to Arens-
dorf, or was covering up his intentions BY
the direction Of the defense. Mr.. Van
Ingram's aye and feebleness made him poor
witness, and the severe cross-examfnation to
which he was subjected very much destroyed
Another important bit of testimony was
given by John FitzsimmOns, the first witness
called today. Hs was looking out of the
Columbia house door =. when the shot T. was
sassin commit the deed, but it was too
to. state that the color Of his
paints WAS shS he nan wRH Ted the
described the shooting of Haddock with con
siderable dramatic force and effect. Just
before the shot was fired, out of the window
OF ns the erons hoFs Te that a the
shooting walked out from pinesn's
fe'i two men met about twelve feet from
fpo@ The corner sSs! and met Msddcck Se % pa.ssd
the latter about foot and then turned and
shot him There was no scuffle, The man
that fired the shot W walked toward N the Colnm-
o ae S gapseS and fe on his bands and
knees. / slut the front door Of the Columbia
house at the request of Charles
fired the shot passed Haddock, on the
him wheeled and fired the fatal shot The
man that did the shooting had not reached
the lamp-post when he disappeared from sight.
see the face Of the man that fired the shot.
down; went over, with a. bucket
of water and washed his face OIL.
Til til morning. nor Ing am now now boarding s at the
| Columbia house; could not see the color of
| the clothes of the. man that fired the shot
| only by the pistol fash. saw his pants.
The, They were light slightly knew Arens-
r. r. McAllister, another Columbia house
! boarder, whose bedroom was on the side OF
| the street adjoining the bridge over when
| the assassin was supposed to have run, testi-
fled: ~ was about to lay
down; looked out of the window,
saw two men walking rapidly west across
the bridge and others going north on Water,
and at the vacant lot; did not know any OF
the men. The men going across the bridge
walked rather leisurely. l think there were
three. The men were running up Water
street,"
At the afternoon session the court room
became Uncomfortable. As the story OF the
| crime is unravcled the interest and public
curiosity intensiies. The business OF the
town is practically at a standstill and trade II
carried on in an inactive, indifferent manner
The people have become thoroughly
wrapped up in the mysteries of the case, and
as the awful deed is unfoIded the fever ant
tumutuOus sympathies of last August are
being awakened TO the same suppressed de-
gree of emotion. The denseiy packed court
room is as quiet during tine giving Of evi
dence as II no life was about the building
But when some new bit of startling evidenc,
Is brought out the suppressed whispers ant
exclamations drown the voices OF the lawyer
and witness.
Witnesses examined this afternoon wer'